Farhad Chowdhury, DO
Otolaryngology · Old Bridge, NJNPI 1063656882
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 140 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 24 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.2% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. 2025 is the largest year on record at $919, 2.4 times the $385 reported in 2019.
Across 140 payments — averaging $20.51 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Aerin Medical Inc.$495
- Sanofi$413
- Optinose US, Inc.$299
- GSK$297
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$213
- AstraZeneca$194
- plus $960 from 18 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$2,871100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 9 | $495 |
| Sanofi | 18 | $413 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 21 | $299 |
| GSK | 20 | $297 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 14 | $213 |
| AstraZeneca | 5 | $194 |
| CSL Behring | 9 | $146 |
| Stryker | 4 | $141 |
| Alk-abello, Inc | 8 | $117 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 5 | $83 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA | 2 | $69 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. | 5 | $69 |
| Kaleo, Inc. | 4 | $66 |
| Octapharma USA, Inc. | 4 | $56 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 3 | $54 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $36 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $19 |
| Smith+Nephew | 1 | $17 |
| Amgen | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $13 |
| Incyte Corporation | 1 | $12 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- VIVAER STYLUS$274
- RHINAER STYLUS$274
- DUPIXENT$270
- TEZSPIRE$125
How this compares
$2,871 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 232 otolaryngology providers in New Jersey.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Fluticasone Propionate | 375 | $5,105 |
| Azelastine-FluticasoneAzelastine/Fluticasone | 20 | $2,939 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 109 | $2,728 |
| Ipratropium Bromide | 66 | $2,275 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 47 | $2,234 |
| Ciprofloxacin-DexamethasoneCiprofloxacin Hcl/Dexameth | 12 | $1,140 |
| Famotidine | 140 | $1,062 |
| Methylprednisolone | 105 | $636 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 55 | $497 |
| Omeprazole | 27 | $482 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 17 | $273 |
| Azithromycin | 20 | $154 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 20 | $141 |
| Mupirocin | 17 | $110 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Old Bridge
- Andrew AzerOld Bridge$4K
- Nishant ReddyEast Windsor$133K
- Giant LinFlorham Park$25K
- Samir ShahVoorhees$16K
- Brian BensonHackensack$14K
- Andrew BlitzerHackensack$9K
- Ahmad MahmoudClifton$9K
- Jean EloyNewark$8K
- Ramtin KassirWayne$8K
- Wayne HsuehNewark$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.